火薬

Japanese

Kanji in this term
火	薬
か Grade: 1	やく Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
火藥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 火藥 (MC huɑ^X jɨɐk̚).

Pronunciation

On’yomi

(Tokyo) かやく [kàyákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ja̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

火(か)薬(やく) • (kayaku) ^{←くわやく (kwayaku)^?}

gunpowder

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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